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24 Hours in San Francisco, a whirlwind trip!

This past Wednesday, I had the great pleasure of attending the annual Google National Sales Conference held in San Francisco at the Hilton Hotel. My former CEO, Susan Lyne and I were the Google Guests of Honor. The theme of this yearâ€™s conference was â€˜The Edge.â€™ Google considers my company as being a â€˜leading edgeâ€™ organization, a world-class brand, and a valuable partner. Also in attendance were approximately 1500 of Googleâ€™s best and brightest sales force. The grand ballroom was filled with high energy and it was a really fun experience. Of course, we managed to squeeze in a little shopping and a little fine nibbling before returning home.

Here I am at Macy's! We had a bit of time to explore the wonderful
Union Square Macy's store where the Martha Stewart Collection was
displayed so wonderfully and beautifully. Here I am with some of the
MSC soaps and kitchen items.

The Fourth of July items looked great - the merchandising was so
clever and well-presented. The cupcake papers and the red, white, and
blue party goods are must-haves!

It's so much fun to meet with Macy's staff and executives. This is
Kia Panah, Laura Herbert, me, Elizabeth Canady - she heads our ad sales
team on the west coast - and Susan Berlesman.

I have never, ever seen a prettier weddings registry department.
This is Susan Berlesman, Karen Birch, Joan Schweizer - a 20 year
veteran, me, and Sigrid Sanborn. For some tips for brides on their registries please visit theBrides Guide

The way brides can register and choose items is very cleverly designed and executed.

more of the registry department

This is a display of our beautiful transfer-ware patterned china.

One can walk around the store, choose an item, and scan it right into the store's registry.

our beautiful wedgwood

Lily of the Valley is one of my favorites.

Because my impromtu store visit coincided with the monthly
president's 'shop talk' taping, I was asked to sit in for an interview.

Debbie Olson and me - the Olson family has been growing cherries since 1899.

Susan Lyne and I were interviewed by Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google.

The stage was beautifully designed by Google using all things Martha!

After the interview, I showed the audience and Tim Armstrong, Google's chief marketing officer, how to make cherry mojitos.

Two surprise 'helpers' showed up - the brilliant engineers and
co-founders of Google (which, by the way, means 10 to the 100th power)
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin - they were so helpful!

Sergey and me - he and his partner Larry created the world's largest
search engine when still students in college - I thought he would be
the best cherry pitter.

He showed some interest in the various pitters.

He was not too interested in the Imperia vodka
- only in the fact that Russian words were on the bottle. Sergey, by
the way, has plans to travel into outer space aboard a Russian
spacecraft, like my friend, Charles Simonyi.

Larry was the lime squeezer. He had never once used a hand squeezer or a reamer!

All three guys loved the final mojitos - thank heavens! The audience was also served the same drink.

our toast to a successful demo

There was a raffle of Martha Stewart Collection items - the lucky winner was beaming!